NATIONAL V-J Day [commonly celebrated on September 2 when Japan formally surrendered]
NATIONAL Creamsicle Day
NATIONAL Social Security Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1457 The first book ever printed is published by a German astrologer named Faust. He is thrown in jail while trying to sell books in Paris. Authorities concluded that all the identical books meant Faust had dealt with the devil.
1935 The Social Security Act became law
1945 Japan announces its unconditional surrender in World War II [Victory over Japan Day]
1947 Pakistan becomes an independent country
1974 Congress authorized US citizens to own gold
1987 Mark McGwire hits his 49th home run of the season, setting the major league home run record for a rookie
1994 Space telescope Hubble photographed Uranus with rings
1995 Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet at South Carolina’s state military college, The Citadel. Her admission is met with intense resistance, including death threats, and she left the school a week later.
2001 Helios, a remote-controlled, solar powered NASA plane, reached a record 96,500 feet
2003 The largest blackout in North American history hit the northeast, affecting 10 million people in Ontario, Canada and 45 million people in 8 US states
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